Each year, Lucy Gebre-Egziabher challenges students around the world to tackle a universal issue through film. This year, students enlisted the help of Christine Bozarth to take a closer look at climate change in the American classroom.

With: Thomas Britt (George Mason University)

There is a growing negative reaction to what many people perceive as gratuitous violence in film and television. Thomas Britt investigates why audiences are turning off shows with violent content like The Walking Dead.

With: Bruce Campbell (College of William & Mary)

Flip open a German pulp novel, and you’re likely to find a detective who doesn’t shoot a gun or break the law. Bruce Campbell explains why the weight of the Nazi past makes a German Dirty Harry an impossibility.

With: Jason Barr (Blue Ridge Community College)

As Japanese filmmakers brought Godzilla back over and over again, they have used the monster as a symbol to reveal central public concerns in Japan at the time. Jason Barr is the author of The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters, which looks at the history of Japanese monster movies.